GraphQL for Enterprise Developers

Course details

This comprehensive course is designed for developers to learn about Apollo GraphQL and its ecosystem. Discover how to use Apollo Federation to build a scalable and modular GraphQL API, and explore tools provided by Apollo, such as the Rover CLI and GraphOS Studio, to manage your schema efficiently. Dive into setting up and managing federated schemas with managed federation, handling subgraph challenges, and publishing schemas without breaking changes. Gain insights into federation directives, learning how to share types across subgraphs, create entity types, and write entity resolvers. Enhance your skills in advanced Apollo features like creating mutations, modeling errors within your schemas, and applying directives like @defer and @stream to improve front-end performance. By the end of this course, you will be equipped to build, integrate, and maintain robust GraphQL APIs using various Apollo tools and practices.

Concepts

Introduction

Building with GraphQL at scale
What you should know
Setting up your environment

Apollo Federation

Understanding federated architecture
Importing dependencies
Creating a federated subgraph
Challenge - Building a subgraph
Solution - Building a subgraph

Apollo Tooling

Understanding the Apollo ecosystem
Installing the Rover CLI
Setting up GraphOS Studio
Creating a graph

Managed Federation

Using Rover commands
Handling subgraph changes
Publishing a schema
Generating a template

Federation Directives

Importing schemas
Sharing types across subgraphs
Creating an entity type
Writing entity resolvers
Challenge - Creating a Cat entity
Solution - Creating a Cat entity

Advanced Apollo Features

Creating a mutation
Modeling errors in the schema
Setting up mocks with GraphOS
Introducing the defer and stream directives

Conclusion

Next steps